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Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper

Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper

by Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645

BookID: 46125

Language:English

Commentator:Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926

Editor:Watts, Henry Edward, 1826-1904

Illustrator:Vierge, Daniel, 1851-1904

LoC No.:09001819

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Swindlers and swindling -- FictionSpain -- FictionPicaresque literature, Spanish

Description

"Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper" by Francisco de Quevedo is a picaresque novel written around 1604 and published in 1626. This satirical tale follows Don Pablos, a swindler who sets out to learn virtue and become a gentleman—but fails miserably at both. Through Pablos's misadventures, Quevedo crafts a biting critique of Spanish society while punishing his protagonist for daring to rise above his lowborn station. Full of wordplay and caricature, the novel chronicles a cascade of linked calamities that ultimately drive Pablos to embrace the life of a rogue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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